Tag: HKstyle

People in Hong Kong love to improvise, especially on food. Traditional hot pot comes in a pot of broth with raw ingredients to be cooked at table, and often some people thought the broth was too “monotasted” and came up with this brilliant idea of combining two local dishes into one. Chicken pot or…

Egg tarts are one of the signature local treats in Hong Kong. Egg tarts are made in two different kids of shells in general, either cookie shell or puff pastry shell. I personally prefer the butter cookie shell for its crispiness and here it is to share my way of making this delicious egg tart….

If you’re into the nostalgic Hong Kong style Chinese food, make sure to visit the nearby Cha Chan Teng instead of any dimsum restaurants where you can get your BBQ pork. But even so, not all Cha Chan Teng serves every single types of HK style food, for instance the legendary HK style curry fishballs…

｜Tsukiji tamagoyaki ‘brick’ egg sandwich (Daan G)｜ ‘Daan G’ or egg sandwich in Cantonese is an iconic Hong Kong style Chachanteng food apart from Hong Kong style milktea that you must try when you visit the city. To judge a good piece of ‘Daan G’ base on the thickness of the scrambled egg as well…

Unlike coffee, different regions and countries in the world have their own unique way to make tea. HK style milk tea is the directly translated English name from Chinese “Kong sik naai cha”, it’s a lot darker than usual black tea and much richer than any other tea with milk. What’s the secret to make…

If you are interested to try making the HK style milk tea with the Moka pot, this is the black loose tea leaves I use. It can be found at Walmart in the tea leaves section. If you want to make rich HK milk tea you will need to use loose tea leaves like this,…

｜Nostalgic Hong Kong finger food – Bootjaigo (steamed brown sugar pudding with red beans)｜ This is the time of the year when you have to prepare pot luck events at work, at friend’s or just some holiday giveaways. Other than traditional sugar cookies or cupcakes, why not some nostalgic Hong Kong snacks? Bootjaigo has always…

| Chicken chow mein with choisum | This is one of the popular dishes to order when you visit a Chinese restaurant, it is actually not very difficult to make on your own, just, you need a lot oil! What you need: – 1/2 lb skinless chicken thighs – a few choisum – about 200-300g…